Exam 2: Patient Teaching and Health Literacy

Which key points should the nurse include when providing patient education for a patient receiving medications? (Select all that apply.)

A teaching plan is scheduled to deliver specific content during a session.Which is the appropriate response to unrelated but important questions interrupting the planned content of the session?

Television ads that are created by drug companies cannot always answer patients' questions.What is the term for television ads created for patients?

What factors may contribute to patient medication errors? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse used a combination of spoken and written information to teach a patient about the medications he will be taking when he leaves the hospital.What is another teaching resource available to the patient that can provide him with the latest information once he is home?

It is important for the nurse and the patient to communicate effectively.The inability of a patient to read and write can interfere with effective communication and place her in "health disparity." Which factor can help the patient's treatment plan?

An elderly patient tells the nurse he is unable to read some of the instructions about his medication.The nurse's first response is to do which of the following?

Patients may have difficulty in meeting treatment goals for which reasons? (Select all that apply.)

When a patient is first diagnosed with a disease,education should start with which of the following?

The nurse talks with a clinic patient by phone and discovers the patient is not taking her medication as instructed.The patient was given only verbal instructions in her teaching session.The nurse should now have the patient do which of the following?

When teaching a patient about her plan of care,which action will confirm for the nurse that learning has taken place?

The nurse and other health care providers are legally obligated to provide which kind of information to the patient for the purpose of informed consent?

The nurse is teaching a patient about her oral diabetic medication that is taken daily.The patient has specific goals that have been set with regard to glucose control.What specific learning objectives would be a teaching guide for this patient?